Moving from Sydney to Brisbane

Hi there



I live in inner city Sydney and will soon be relocating to Brisbane. I will sadly be saying goodbye to my mothers group and local playgroup.



What i'm finding from my research so far is that things seem to work differently in Bris.

When I had my daughter the hospital automatically put me in touch with my early childhood centre who got me onto a mothers group straight away and its just the norm around here to do that.



There are also playgroups everywhere, very easy going informal gatherings that cost $2 a visit and are run from a local community centre or school and you just bring a piece of fruit along.



I can't seem to find much around like this in Brisbane. I don't want to officially sign my daughter up and be on waiting lists and set terms etc. I'm not religious either and it seems the only ones I can find in Brisbane are church run things? Does this mean you have to be a member of the church?



Hope anyone out there can shed some light on this. It seems a bit trickier in Brisbane to get set up with all of this. I'll be living as close to the city as possible, somewhere around Paddington or New Farm.



Thanks!!

mummartbe, it will be more difficult now that bubs is a bit older.

There are heaps of playgroups around. I used to go to one in Woolloongabba, but thats around 20 minutes from New Farm. Its run by a church but you don't have to go to church or be a member... just means the people running it may be ;) Ours was at the Princess Theatre called "Mini Mozarts" and we played music and had morning tea together. It was a nice group of girls I met there.

You can find a local MCHN... generally through QLD health.

There is a Brisbane Baby just like a Sydney baby that has playgroup listings.

HTH!